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Although the west isn't like the south, you don't get the real except in the Mormon area, you don't get the real high levels of religiosity
西部不像南部那样，在其他地区除了摩门教流行的地区，虔诚的信徒并不多
Probably the biggest thing has been the Democratic Party is embraced with environmentalism which in many rural areas still doesn't sell as well
还有另一个很大的原因就是民主党大力提倡环保主义在农村地区完全得不到相应
You have people who were heavily devoted to off-road vehicles
还是有些人的生活很依依赖越野车
to sort of mechanized outdoor recreation hunting, ranchers grazing, loggers these sort of jobs
很依赖一些户外的消遣方式以打猎，放牧，伐木等的职业卫生
which associated the Democratic Party with environmental restrictions on those sort of activities
然而民主党提倡的对环境利用进行限制对这些活动影响很大
so that's probably been the biggest issue I would say, it's not nearly as hot button issue now as it was 10 years or so ago
我想环境问题在过去是个大事件，但现在对它的关注程度已经远不如10年以前
Partly because a lot of the jobs in many areas are gone
也许是因为在很多地方与环境相关的职业已经消失

I mean back to Mendocino County Fort Bragg used to have a gargantuan lumbermill when it was been up there, it's all shut down now
例如过去在门多西诺的布拉格堡曾有一个巨型的伐木场，过去一直在，现在都已责令关闭了
it's as beautiful prime real estate right on the coast and there's big toxic waste problems, so you don't know exactly how to handle that
过去的厂房整洁地点缀在海岸边，但伐木场存在废弃物有毒的问题，这都是些处理起来很棘手的问题
but you get counties then like Mendocino moving towards tourism, wineries
但像门多西诺这样的县，都逐渐转而发展旅游观光业和酿酒业
On the case of Mendocino the underground marijuana economy certainly is vastly important
不过对门多西诺而言，大麻为其带来的黑色经济收入，当然也是举足轻重的
that's associated with a different kind... but that's only in limited areas not every place is going to have that
可见不同地方情况不同……但这只出现在某些地区并非所有地方都有这样的转变
so you get again you can see Alpine County we're talking about sort of natural amenities
另一个例子是阿尔派县，现在的居民大多因其自然风景而移居过去
voters here rather than the more traditional ranchers and those sort of people
已不再像以前那样是些传统的放牧者了

视频及简介

这一集讲述了1972-2004年总统大选的历史与过程,介绍了近几届以来红蓝阵营的地理分布变化以及变化原因，对1972-2000年的总统选举进行了简略解释并非常详细地分析了2004年大选，对于全美大部分州的选情都进行了详尽的分析，可以阐述了08年大选前民调的趋势，可以从中瞥见近几年美国总统选举的发展变化。